WADS WORT 


WITH-ILLUSTi 

HOWARD-CHAND 


S-BY-          I 

RISTY/t 


EVANGELINE 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
AT    LOS  ANGELES 


LOW 


GIFT  OF 

Gr.C.DeGarmo 


ILLUSTRATED 


BY 


HOWARD  CHANDLER  CHRISTY 


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J1- 


3i 


E VANG  ELI NE 


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EVANGELINE 


WITH  ILLUSTRATIONS  BY 
HOWARD  CHANDLER  CHRISTV 


INDIANAPOLIS 

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COPYRIGHT  1866 
BY  HENRY  WADSWORTH  LONGFELLOW 

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;LLUSTRATIONS 


Evangeline  Frontispiece 

This  is  the  forest  primeval  page  15 

Scattered  like  dust  and  leaves  16 

Solemnly  down  the  street  came  the  priest  19 

Flagons  of  home-brewed  ale  21 

Down  the  long  street  she  passed  25 

She  was  a  woman  now  29 

Thick  was  the  fur  of  the  foxes  31 

Sunshine  of  Saint  Eulalie  33 

Welcome,  Basil,  my  friend  37 

She  stood  with  her  hand  in  her  lover's  41 

Bent,  but  not  broken,  by  age  43 

Slowly  extending  his  right  hand  45 

Lighted  the  brazen  lamp  49 

Waited  her  lover  and  watched  53 

Many  a  glad  good-morrow  55 


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Among  the  guests  of  her  father 

Stood  she  and  listened 

Down  to  the  shore  Evangeline  waited 

In  singing  forget  they  are  weary 

Strove  with  words  and  caresses 

Waited  and  wandered 

Cheered  by  the  good  man's  words 

Along  the  shores  of  the  river 

Evangeline's  heart  was  sustained 

The  house  of  the  herdsman 

The  priest  and  the  maiden 

O  Gabriel !  O  my  beloved 

An  Indian  woman 

At  the  door  of  Evangeline's  tent 

There  from  the  troubled  sea 

Daily  the  tides  of  life  go 


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EVANGELINE 


PRELUDE 


[is  is  the  forest  primeval."  Tne  murmuring  pines  and  the  hemlocks, 
irded  with  moss,  and  in  garments  green,  indistinct  in  the  twilight, 
band  like  Druids  of  eld,  with  voices  sad  and  prophetic, 
ind  like  harpers  hoar,  with  beards  that  rest  on  their  bos 
id  from  its  rocky  caverns,  the  deep-voiced  neighboring  oceai 


iped  like 


man? 


VANGELIN 


ecting^airr  i 


arms,  and  the  farmers 

£>  £3       c^t:. 


like  dust  nnd  leave's,  when  tne  mighty  blasts  of  Octobc 

^ 


aloft,  and  sprinkle  them  far  o'er 
beautiful  village  of 


on  that  hopes 
beauty  and  strength 
tradition  still  sung 
ale  of  Love  in  Acadie,  home 


shores  of  the  Basin  of 
illage  of  Grand- 

ows  stretched  to  the  eastward. 


pasture  to  flocks  without  number. 


farmers  had 
but  at  stated  ; 


with  labor  incessant, 


EVANGELIN 

rose,  and  the  forests  old,  and  aloft  on  the  mountaii 

RJpg^-go?~-v>.£.^  ^±r~'37v/yw-fe?7~'/l  s-J*' 

pitched  their  tents,  and  mists  from  the  Almighty 

^j^^^^^ 
the  midst  of  its  farms,  reposed 

oigly  built  were 'the  houses,  ,-jvipi  fr'an^esoorv;oak  and  of 
Such  as  the  peasants  of  Normandy  built  in  the  reign  of  the  Henries. 
:ched  were  the  roofs,  with  dormer-windows;  and  gables  projectii 
the  basement  below  protected  and  shaded  the  dooi 
}  in  the  tranquil  evenings  of  summer,  when  brightly 
Eighled  the  village  street,  and  gilded  the  vanes  on  the 
Matrons  and  maidens  sat  in  snow-white  caps  and  in  Turtles 
rlet  and  blue  and  green,  with  distaffs  spinning  the  golde 

MM  \>\  xL  U  &^\.Jr  </(/  .f? f  / 

for  the  gossiping  looms,  whose  noisy  shuttles  within  do 

v  I        ^ 

their  sound  wit 


Mingled  their  sound  with  the  whir  of  the  wheels  and  the  songs  of  the  maidens. 
Solemnly  down  the  street  came  the  parish  priest,  and  the  children 

eir  play 

X^\,     \^  /V  / 

'  rose 


ig 

Tten  came 
Down  fo  his 

O  o"^ 

Softly  the  Angelus 
Columns  of 
Rose  from  a 


me  from  the  field,  and  serenely  t 

\P  V 
on  from  the  beifry      - 


and  contentment. 


o 


-     / 


VANG  ELI N 

:hese  simple  Acadian  farmers 


Sprinklgd 
Sprinkles 


E VANG  ELI N 


wn  the  long  street  she  passed,  with  her  chaplet  of  beads  and  her  missal, 


ig  her  Norman  cap  and  her  kirtle  of  blue,  and  the  ear-rin 
t  in  the  olden  time  from  France,  and  since,  as  an  heirlo 


Handed  down  from  mother  to  child,  through  long  generations. 
But  a  celestial  brightness  —  a  more  ethereal  beauty  — 
Shone  on  her  face  and  encircled  her  form,  -when,  after  conf 
Homeward  serenely  she  walked  with  God's  benediction  upon  he 
When  she  had  passed,  it  seemed  like  the  ceasing  of  exquisite  mi 

y  builded  with  rafters  of  oak,  the  house  of  the  farmei 
A      A  /  /  llu     ui       ^^>vL?^^O!«r^-^     \a     \\il  1      ' 

\   L  \  i  -I  III!    ffLi^u— -  ^5«  /"^\  vtcr""''^ 

on  tlie  side  of  a  hill  commanding  the  sea;  and  a  sh* 
Sycamore  grew  by  the  door,  with  a  woodbine  wreathing  around  it. 
Rudely  carved  was  the  porch,  with  seats  beneath;  and  a  footpat 
Led  through  an  orchard  wide,  and  disappeared  in  the  meadow. 

W 


There  stood  the  tegad-) 

0- 


i,  wei-ei|ie  barns  and  the  farm- 

CJ   \$u 

ughs  and  the  harrows  ; 


the  selfsame 


EVANGELINE 


ages  of  old  h^startled^gie  penitent  Pet 


'er  the  gable  projected  a  roof  of 


,  led  uix/to  the 


is  sunny  farm,  and  Evangel! 


ight  touch  her  hand  or  the  he 
itor  came  to  her  door,  by  the  darkness  befriend 

~/\  ^^y^ssz?^  /^ 

ed  and  waited  to  hear  the  sound  of 

"O^fcA  tv-V 

Knew  not  which  beat  the  louder,  his  heart 


ocker  of  iron; 


Or,  at  the  joyt>usJ?eas^o 


he  whispered 
musfe 
A«one;$ 

mith, 

^r-^ 
nore^-of/all  melt; 


and  nations, 


9    Ga%iel  Lgf(§unesse,  t 
Who  w^is  a  mi 
For  since 


O 


EVANGELINE 


r  the  smith  been  held  in  repute  by  the 
Benedict's  friend.     Their  children  from  earliest 


agogue  both  in  the  village,  had  taught  them  their  letters 
selfsame  book,  with  the  hymns  of  the  church  and  the  plain- 

S?     °  °  Jx/^/ 

ily  lesson  completed, 

f 


il  the  blacksmi 
^^^^^^^ 

cring  eyes  to  beh 


eves,  when  wi 
seemed  tl 

they  watched  the  laboring 


in  the  gathering  d 


hrough  every 


'ily  laughed 
Oft  on  sledges  in, win 


of  the  ea 
they  glided  away  o'er  the  meadow. 

J^/V^fT~     \ 

he  populous  nests  on  the  rafters* 


sight  of  it£  fledglings ; 

o 


r  were  children. 


Briijgs  fro^^the  shore /£ 
Lucky  <5yas  he 
Thus  passed  ft 


o 


EVAN  GE  LIN 

[e  was  a  valiant  youth,  and  his  face,  like  the  face  of  the  mornin 
irladdened  the  earth  with  its  light,  and  ripened  thought  into  act! 

a  woman  now,  with  the  heart  and  hopes  of  a  woman, 
shine  of  Saint  Eulalie"  was  she  called;  for  that  was  the  sunshi 
lich,  as  the  farmer*  believed,  would  load  their  orchards  with  app 
She  too  would  bring  to  her  husband's  house  delight  and  abundance, 
love  and  the  ruddy  faces  of  children. 


a      a 


II 


the  season  returned,  when  the  nights  gro 
And  the  retreating  sun  the  sign  of  the  Scorpion  enters 
Birds  of  passage  sailed  through  the  leaden  air,  from  the  ice-bound, 


! Desolate  northern  bays  to  the  shores  of  tropical  islands. 


Harvests  were  gathered  in;  and  wil 


of  September 

: 


of  the  forest,  as  Jacob  o 


winter  long  and  inclement. 


,  had  hoarded  their  he 


EVANGELINE 


|nter  be,  f^gthick  w^the  fur 


the  advent  of  autumn.     Then  followed  that 


the  pious  Acadian  peasants  the  Summer  of 


dreamy  and  magical  lieHtJ; 
fresnness  o 


the  restless  heart  oi  the  ocean 
nds  were  in  harmony  blended, 
cocks  in  the  farm-} 
of  pigeons, 
ariithl/ 

with  the  eye  of  love  through  the  golden  vapors  aroun 
While  arrayed  in  its  robes  of  russet  and  scarlet  and  yello 
h  the  sheen  of  the  dew,  each  glittering  tree 
he  plane-tree  the  Persian  adorned  with 


Peace  seemed  to  reign  u 
Was  for  a  moment  consol 


Day  with  its  burden  and  heat  had  departed,  and  twilight  descending 


,VANGELINE 


- 


snow-white  hidej  and  the  ribbon 

ietly  paced  and  slow,  as  if  conscious  of  human  affectic 
e  shepherd  back  with  his  bleating  flocks  from 
was  their  favorite  pasture.     Behind  them  followed  the 
Patient,  full  of  importance,  and  grand  in  the  pride  of  his  instil 
Walking  from  side  to  side  with  a  lordly  air,  and  superbly 
having  his  bushy  tail,  and  urging  forward  the  straggler 
ocks  was  he  when  the  shepherd  slept;  their  pi 
the  forest  at  night,  through  the  starry  silence,  the  wolves  howl 
he  rising  moon,  returned  the  wains  from  the  marshes, 
Laden  with  briny  hay,  that  filled  the  air  with  its  odor. 
Cheerily  neighed  the  steeds,  with  dew  on  their  manes  and  their 

ft  on  their  shoulders  the  wooden  and  ponderous  saddles, 

/  \  mi  .  SNf  J^ 

'ainted  with  brilliant  dyes,  and  adorned  with  tassels  of 

gQJ       I     s^/  X     ^^^L^zs^^    r^^S^ 

odded  in  bright  array,  like  hollyhocks  heavy  with  blossoms. 

^^Z^^T^&S&WB^^f^^^^    ^""^^v    YI        ^-i*        \y       K  C>-*         fj      s^  ^^^^***^^^££*r^5^- 

Patiently  stood  the  cows  meanwhile,  and  yielded  their  udders 
Unto  the  milkmaid's  hand;  whilst  loud  and  in  regular 


^^-^~^ />  V/^^^.^V,  X.    V/    /  X          ^^— ^C  / 
ito  the  sounding  pail  the  foaming  streamlets  descended. 


Lowjng  of  cattle  a 
Ech&dlfeck 


in  fhe  farm- 


O 


EVAN  GE  LIN 

a  iarrin/r  sound,  the  valves 


So 


Thus 


lifted 


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VANGELINE 


lounded  the  wooden  latch,  and  the  door  swung  back  on  its  hinges. 
:dict  knew  by  the  hob-nailed  shoes  it  was  Basil  the  blacksmith, 
And  by  her  beating  heart  Evangeline  knew  who  was  with  him. 

^VS^ ^  Vi--rf^<^<  **  ^         <J  **  eJ|:"~^a-X/  ~ 

"Welcome !"  the  farmer  exclaimed,  as  their  footsteps  paused  on  the 

"Welcome,  Basil,  my  friend !     Come,  take  thy  place  on  the  settle 
«jyg£      \\SS\     ^         °  ^  "  ^^r 

Close  by  the  chimney -side,  which  is  always  empty  without  thee; 

Take  from  the  shelf  overhead  thy  pipe  and  the  box  of  tobacco; 


Never  so  much  thyself  art  thou  as  when,  through  the  curling 
Smoke  of  the  pipe  or  the  forge,  thy  friendly  and  jovial  face  ^ 
Round  and  red  as  the  harvest  moon  through  the  mist  of  the  marshes." 

Then,  with  a  smile  of  content,  thus  answered  Basil  the  blacksmith, 

sp1      Y/      A    J  \  \\H     \£^  // . /T/4  \Y\V^^Ty     I'lLi   l\ 
Taking  with  easy  air  the  accustomed  seat  by  the  fireside :  — 

i6o   /  \  j  \  i  \  \vv  >§r  -I/  ~  li^  \\.  ^*ffl  // / i  *" 

"Benedict  Belief  ontaine,  thou  hast  ever  thy  jest  and  thy 
iver  in  cheerfullest  mood  art  thou,  when  others  are  fill* 

Gloomy  forebodings  of 

"^l^^^^^^Sii^j^v** 
Happy  art  thou,  as  if 

Pausing  a  moment,  to 
f> 


Ride  in  &e  G&pWe 
ip 

'  Wha€  their  desi 


On  the  morrow 

o 


ship$  at  tf?eir  ahcl 

inst 
are  commanded 

s  mafeflate 

o 
O 


EVANGELIN 

s  law  k$  the  lando    Alas !  i 


aken  from  us,  and  warlik 


%  left  but  the  blacksmith's  sledge  and  the  scythe 


ni  wi|tn^a  pleasant  smile  roade 


H&e  fiihfcof  the  cont^t. 
'•SL   LJ  V^  ri      Gr 


e  house  an^  the  barn.     The  merry  lads  of  the  village 
'"' 


Strongly  have  built 

o 


reiking  jtbe^glebe  round  about  them, 

O 

o 


VANGELINE 


hay,  aiglthe  houggwith  f 

•»X'*2/~vi  ( 

here  anon,  with  his  pa 
he  glad,  and  rejoice  in  the  joy 


Ill 

toils  in  the  surf  of 
Bent,  but  not  broken,  by  age  was  the  form  of  the  notary  public; 

I         /  &$&.      I"     /ro    "/   ^X^Tjy<L^''y'^n>>^^7/{r..\      \p0T^~'x^f      \&t\  \       I   I   11 

Shocks  of  yellow  hair,  like  the  silken  floss  of  the  maize,  hung 

forehead  was  high ;  and  glasses  with  horn 


dren  was  he,  and  more  than  a  hundi 

is  knee,  and  heard  his  great  watch  tick, 
e  languished  a  captive, 
riend  of  the  English. 


EVANGE1/IN 


mer  growjf}  withouC^dl  guile  ^  suspicic 
he,  but  patient,  and  simple,  and  ehildli 

^J^>^^^^§^v>°-' 

n   ami  most  Of  aii  by  the 


and  their  errand." 


d,  perchance,  canst  tell  n 


Then  with  modest  demeanor 


Gossip  enough  havKl  Ketml,  m  jrocpa/yet 


e  some  evil  intention 

^      ' 


.  to 

infij^  them  here. 


why  then  paoleit  us?" 


o 


EVAN  GE  LIN 


is  Warmth,  corttirm 


e  old  French  fort  at  Port  Roy 


lained  that  any  injustice 


zen  statue  of  Justn 
ic  square,  upholding  the  scales  in  i 


s  right  a  sword,  as  an  emblem  that  justice 


the  laws  of  the  land,  and  the  hearts  and  homes  of  the 


Even  the  birds  had  built 


Having  no  fear  of  the  sword  that  flashed  in  the  sunshine  above  them 

Ja^^""*^    Xf^wv    Y  /\\  /^^^^^j^^^    ^^ 

^...^^iitin  ^ie\e»BFS^pf^GQe  thfe^ laws^bf/tjie  land  were  corrupt 

Might  took  the  place  of  right,  and  the  weak  were  oppressed,  and  the  mighty 

it  chanced  in  a  nobleman's  palace 


VANGELINE 


hocwed  as  maad  m  the 


condemned  to  die  on  the  scaffold, 


sufe-find 

congealed  into  lines  on 
window 


Filled,  tillitov  YA/^  ==*% 

Nut-brown  ale,  that  was  famed  for  its  strength  in  the  village  of  Grand- 

^^     \      V ^•  ^  ^  ^"~=~^f'-;r>- 


Pre: 


jinxi  inl^hc 


o 


VANGELINE 

as  set 


o 

_s> 

the^brattFafiSk^rTaegraom, 
rpl  ^f  afce  ajidodrrfrik  £p0thetr»  welfare. 
from  his  lip,  he  solemnly  bowed  antfxmpj^eoy^ 

others  sat  and  mu 
5 

begun.     In  friendly  contention 


r  unsuccessful  manoau 
crowned,  or  a  breach  was 
the  twilight  gloom  of  a  window's 
and  whispered  together,  beholding  the 


x    vs^  *  v  ttio^tt!^ 

out  the  hour  of  nine,  the  village  curfew,  and  straightway 
Rose  the-  ffuests  and  departed ;  and  silence  reigned  in  the  household. 

Marty  a  farewell  word  and  sweet  good-night  on  the  d«pr-step 
O 

O 


EVANGELIN 

//^^j&gf'^r 

Lingered  long  in  EvangeHlte's  heart,  and  filled  it  with  gladness. 
Carefully  then  were  covered  the  embers  that  glowed  on  the  hearth- 
And  on  the  oaken  stairs  resounded  the  tread  of  the  farmer, 
a  soundless  step  the  foot  of  Evangeline  followed. 
Up  the  staircase  moved  a  luminous  space  in  the  darkness, 
Lighted  less  by  the  lamp  than  the  shining  face  of  the  maiden. 
Silent  she  passed  through  the  hall,  and  entered  the  door  of  her  chamber. 
Simple  that  chamber  was,  with  its  curtains  of  white,  and  its  clothes-press 
Ample  and  high,  on  whose  spacious  shelves  were  carefully  folded 
Linen  and  woollen  stuffs,  by  the  hand  of  Evangeline  woven. 

m  \  I  \     \  1       u     ^^K^Jy^C    jj    I  J  A    u.\  /  •»« 

This  was  the  precious  dower  she  would  bring  to  her  husband  in  marriage, 

A *'  A  ( \  u\  \\  ,/x //H v\x\    M  fll I \  A  ^ Y    ^v? 

Better  than  flocks  and  herds,  being  proofs  of  her  skill  as  a  housewife. 
Soon  she  extinguished  her  lamp,  for  the  mellow  and  radiant  moonlight 
treamed  through  the  windows,  and  lighted  the 


maiden 

Swelled  and  obeyed  its  power 
Ah  !  she  was  fair, 


PT          '/  .^^^  **^**' ^-"--^ 

he  tremulous  tides  of  the  ocean. 

,  as  she  stood  with 

^r^— ^Ny/      C~^>)'v  1 
ked  snow-white  feet  on  the  gleaming  floor  of  her  chamber! 

I      \^S.       \          \ Y^>^^^ \/     II  ^  \ 

Little  she  dreame<3  that  below,  among  the  trees  of  the  orchard, 

Waited  her  lover  an 

On 


m  of  her  lamp  and  her  shadow, 

cPo 


EVANGELIN 


Yet  were  her  thoughts  of  him,  and  at  times  a  feeling  of  sadn 


Passed  o'er  her  soul,  as  the  sailing  shade  of  clouds  in  the  moonlight 

Flitted  across  the  floor  and  darkened  the  room  for  a  moment. 

^       4 
And,  as  she  gazed  from  the  window,  she  saw  serenely  the  moon 

I  VvVN^       •        ci^"-71^—'}       £->          &       cr^p^-iJ    ro 

JV-N      \_  v  NxJ^N  Co<         I"*/  nO  ^ £)'  \^j  C*    3  J^  /S 

Forth  from  the  folds  of  a  cloud,  and  one  star  follow  her  footsteps, 


's  tent  young  Ishmael 
_ 


IV 


morn  the  sun  on  the  village  of  Grand-Pre. 
the  soft,  sweet  air  the  Basin  of  Minas, 
their  wavering  shadows,  were  riding  at  ai 
the  village,  and  clamorous  labor 
mds  at  the  golden  gates  of  the  morning. 

>s  CC%n~  .V^y/^^  //P/^Ja   I  /.//)  \fl\>*ll 
around,  from  the  farms  and  neighboring  hamle 

blithe  Acadian  peasants. 
1  jocund  laugh  from  the  youi 


EVAN  G  ELI  N 

^ 

Where  no  path  could  be  seen  but  the  track  of  wheels  in 
Group  after  group  appeared,  and  joined,  or  passed  on  1 

Long  ere  noon,  in  the  village  all  sounds  of  labor  were  sil 

__j/         tLf~'<Ll         &  <2>      o  4         •4>:=\_--' 

Thronged  were  the  streets  with  people;  and  noisy  groups  at  the 

Sat  in  the  cheerful  sun,  and  rejoiced  and  gossiped  together, 
ery  house  was  an  inn,  where  all  were  welcomed  and  feastc 
For  with  this  simple  people,  who  lived  like  brothers  together, 
were  held  in  common,  and  what  one  had  was  am 

\/  L////>  JL  ^^sA\L) //x/    ^v  \V\  \  )/    \ 

Yet  under  Benedict's  roof  hospitality  seemed  more  abundant: 
For  Evangeline  stood  among  the  guests  of  her  father; 
Bright  was  her  face  with  smiles,  and  words  of  welcome  and 
Fell  from  her  beautiful  lips,  and  blessed  the  cup  as  she  gave  it. 

rr     T  *  9Tf  7  v    T&jrvwrf  /?T  i\ 

*T ll  ]     \J^ML4&^ 

Under  the  open  sky,  in  the  odorous  air  of  the  orchard, 

T ^ ^Xr^^^t.  *^^s*\**^\  HA 

Stript  of  its  golden  fruit,  was  spread  the  feast  of  betrothal. 
There  in  the  shade  of  the  porch  were  the  priest  and  the  notary  seat 
There  good  Benedict  sat,  and  sturdy  Basil  the  blacksmith. 
Not  far  withdrawn  from  these,  by  the  cider-press  and  the  beehives, 

f^ — "f^iv  ^^.  \\i  j^  v\y/\\ — *^\,  — \i? 

Michael  the  fiddler  was  placed,  with  the  gayest  of  hearts  and  of  waistcoats. 

tP  /* )        \       \  V\         \  ^^"^  •>/      ;*yv  j        /       £-*>  OO 

Shadow  and  light  from  the  leaves  alternately  played  on  his  snow-white 
Hair,  as  it  waved  in  the  wind;  and  the  jolly  face  of  the  fiddler 
Glowed  like  a  living  coal  when  the  ashes  are  blown  from  the  embers. 
Gayly  the  old  man  sang  to  the  vibrant  sound  of  his  fiddle, 

de  Chartres,  and  Le  Carillon  de  Dunkerque, 

Tw^-^CJ 


>lic?  cV 


EVAN  G  ELI  N 

wooden  shoes  beat  time  to  the; 
ily,  merrily  whirled  the  wheels  of  the  dizzyi 

e  orchard-trees  and  down  the  path  to  the  meadov 

•f^  4*  *    8  ^      \^ 

and  young  together,  and  children  mingled  among 
Df  all  the  maids  was  Evangeline,  Benedict's  daughtej 
all  the  youths  was  Gabriel,  son  of  the  blacksmith ! 


an, 


sed  the  morning  away.     And  lo!  with  a  summons 

L/v     jSk®(\  \  \l 

the  bell  from  its  tower,  and  over  the  meadows  a  drui 

ere  long  was  the  church  with  men.     Without,  in  the  churchyard, 
the  women.   They  stood  by  the  graves,  and  hung  on  the  headstones 

rarlands  of  autumn-leaves  and  evergreens  fresh  from  the  forest. 

fltf  7TM     M\     xL   .#    J4x  VL  JT     /U  1*1  L  \    7* 

Then  came  the  guard  from  the  ships,  and  marching  proudly  ai 

Entered  the  sacred  portal.     With  loud  and  dissonant  clangor 

Echoed  the  sound  of  their  brazen  drums  from  ceiling  and  casement,  — 

Echoed  a  moment  only,  and  slowb 


Painful  the 


wered  his  kindness 
mal?e~"'a«d  my  temper 
ust  be  grievous. 

o 


EVANGELIN 

and  obey,  ^and  delive^othe  will 
ly,  that  all  your  lands,  and  dwellings,  and  cattle 
eited  be  to  the  crown ;  and  that  you  yourselves 


transported  to  other  lands.     God  grant  you  ma.y 

faithful  §&0ject£,  ac/liapp£  arf§  peaceable  people 
declare  you,  for  such  is  Ms  Majesty' 
serene  in  the  sultry  solstice  of  summer, 

gathers  a  storm,  and  the  deadly  sling  of  the  ha: 

\/    /  I  f/l    imtf^^  ^VvOLa/^/'/    ^s$&*\     m\\  \ 
down  the  farmer's  corn  in  the  field,  and  shatters  his 

the  sun,  and  strewing  the  ground  with  thatch  from  the  house-roofs, 
owing  fly  the  herds,  and  seek  to  break  their  inclosui 

of  the  people  descended  the  words 

0\ 
Silent  a  momjent^they^  stood  in  speechless  Avon 

Louder  and  ever  louder  a  wail  of  sorrow  and 

^4*LJ   -iz  \    <3s^\/\~^$\ 

And,  by  one  impulse  moved,  they  madly  Crushed  to  the  d 

"^^>r^^^^^^^       \^$W  ^  Y  .A     c-' 
Vain  was  the  hope  of  escape;  an 

Rang  through  the  ho 


Flushed uwas  his  face  and  distorted  with  passion;  and  wildly  he  shouted, — 

/  'ffloiiix  f  ^-^v  ^f^/ 
"Down  with  the  iyrai^ts  of  England!  \\fcRjW|r  ha-wg^prn  theni  allegiance! 

<^~^) 


the  midst  of  the  strife  and  tumult  of  angry  contentioi 

the  chancel  opened,  and  Father  Felicif 
Entered,  with  serious  mien,  and  ascended  the  steps  of  the  altar. 


EVAN  GE  LIN 

reign  sol(^rs,  who^eize  on  our 
ain  would  have  said,  but  the  merciless  hand 
upon  the  mouth,  and  dragged  him  do 


Raising  his  reverend  hand,  with  a  gesture  he  awed  into  silence 
All  that  clamorous  throng ;  and  thus  he  spake  to  his  people ; 
Deep  were  his  tones  and  solemn ;  in  accents  measured  and  mournful 
Spake  he,  as,  after  the  tocsin's  alarum,  distinctly  the  clock  strikes. 
"What  is  this  that  ye  do,  my  children?  what  madness  has  seized  you? 

orty  years  of  my  life  have  I  labored  among  you,  and  taught  you, 

ot  in  word  alone,  but  in  deed, 

\  this  t]ie^£niit  of  inV  tot 
Have  you  so  soon  forgotten  a 
This  is  the  house  of  the  Prince 
with  violent. 


l,  'O  Father,    orgive  them!' 
the 


ilhS&Hhose 
Let  us  repea 
Let  us  repeat 


VAN  GE  LIN 


,  but  deep  in  the  hearts  of  his  people 


of  contrition  succeeded  the  passionate  outbreak, 
ns  prayer,  and  said,  "O  Father,  forgive  them!" 


•learned  from 


the  a 


and  the  people  responded 


heir  souls,  with  devotion 


ardor  of  prayer,  like  Elijah  ascending  to  heaven. 


while  had  spread  in  the  village  the  tidings  of  ill,  and  on  all  sides 

d,  wailing,  from  house  to  house  the  women  and  children. 

I     \    \\L     V^    //  IV   \\   ^fe^  /A         I       l\\ 
her  father's  door  Evangeline  stood,  with  her  right  hand 

f  her  eyes  from  the  level  rays  of  the  sun,  that,  descending, 

'-j  ^"^/'^^v    •^^^&^^JI^=^^^^'^^     i^^^^^^       \      I  I   X^bl 

ighted  the  village  street  with  mysterious  splendor,  and  roofed  each 

easant's  cottage  with  golden  thatch,  and  emblazoned  its  windows. 

Long  within  had  been  spread  the  snow-white  cloth  on  the  table; 
.cO>^ — -,   A  7^=rr--    "^^X     N^     ti&Jjf        ^^~^\/        -=^?^—~\ 

honey  fragrant  with  wild  flowers ; 

cheese  fresh  brought  from  the  dairy ; 

tfee 
Thus  did  Evangeline  wait  at  her  father's  door,  as  the  sunset 


Threw  #he 
Ah!  on  her  spin 
And  from  th 


atobrosial  meadows, 
n  a  deeper  shadow  had  fallen, 

soul  a  fragrance  celestial  ascended,  — 

TI   7v^y °      ^ 


EVAN  G  ELI  N 


Charity,  meekness,  love,  and  hope,  and  forgiveness,  and  patie 


-p  ^tj  r 

Then,  all-forgetful  of  self,  she  wandered  into  the  village, 


Cheering  with  looks  and  words  the  mournful  hearts  of  the 

y     (^f~^&*     *          t>8          **     ^^c^ 

o'er  the  darkening  fields  with  lingering  steps  they  departed, 
X.        -Q    tr^f^r5       &          8       C^^'rfci/  -o       p 
rged  by  their  household  ca^CB,  an<^  the  weary  feet  of  their  chil 

Down  sank  the  great  red  sun,  and  in  golden,  glimmering  vapors 
Veiled  the  light  of  his  face,  like  the  Prophet  descending 


Sweetly  over  the  village  the  bell 

cn 


ngelus  sounded. 


y  the  church  Evangelin 


All  was  silent  within ;  and  in  vain  at  the  door  and  the  windows 

>../    V.A/vVm   ^^-/^ff^^^l  11    A® 

Stood  she,  and  listened  and  looked,  until,  overcome  by  emoti 
"Gabriel^*  ,prie 

Came  from  the  graves  of  the  dead,  nor  the  gloomier  gralve 

^" '  S*\  ^^^^^^j^^—^=f^^^  /^^^^>^ 
rly  at  length  she  returned  to  the  tenantless  house  of  her 

Smouldered  the  fire  on  the  hearth,  on  the  board  was  the  supper  untas 
Empty  a 

Sadly  ec 
< — ^i:;:;::/ -> 


of  terror. 


thunder 
Htocreated ! 
of  heaven; 
umbered  till  morning. 


V 


z 
FOUR  times  the  sun  had  risen  and  set  ;  and  now  on  the  fifth  da; 

Cheerily  called  the  cock  to  the  sleeping  maids  of  the  farm- 

J&5ck         |O         Jfi          /        -AJj  *  'f±p^_"  >  IJ^IA/I  I  I^LUUVni  i\         ^&£^Oi"'oM  *fj5fc 

the  yellow  fields,  in  silent  and  mournful  procession, 
KT  I     I  *o    j\<^v^  I  O^-—  x<L5|tr>1'''  i    \    \ff  \*yi\  >gjof 
ame  from  the  neighboring  hamlets  and  farms  the  Acadian 

Driving  in  ponderous  wains  their  household  goods  to  the  sea-shore 

'ausing  and  looking  back  to  gaze  once  more  on  their  dwellings,  , 
jA  Lj\^J|  |\-O\^y^  \^^^"^l^°°'^^^  I   i~£\\n   li 

j  ^fceffitl^lFei^^^Jl^o^S'^i^p^^^ 


lents" 


VANGELIN 


's^thouth  they  hurried ;  and  there 


y  the  household  goods  of  the  peasan 


the  shore  and  the  ships  did  the  boat 

day  long  the  warns  came  laboring  down  from  the  village, 
e  in  the  afternoon,  when  the  sun  was  near  to  his  setting, 
Echoed  far  o'er  the  fields  came  the  roll  of  drums  from  the  churchyard. 
Thither  the  women  and  children  thronged.     On  a  sudden  the  church-doors 
Opened,  and  forth  came  the  guard,  and  marching  in  gloomy  procession 

Followed  the  long-imprisoned,  but  patient,  Acadian  farmers. 

A/  Mil/     jf        _— ^^^S^\^^^L__^J       111  I  \J\ 
ven  as  pilgrims,  who  journey  afar  from  their  homes  and  their  country, 

ing  as  they  go,  and  in  singing  forget  they  are  weary  and  wa 
So  with  songs  on  their  lips  the  Acadian  peasants  descended 
n  from  the  church  to  the  shore,  amid  their  wives  and  their 
t  the  3'oung  men  came;  and,  raising  together  their  voic 
Sang  with  tremulous  lips  a  chant  of  the  Catholic  Missions : 


"Sacred  heart  of^the 
^?— 


« 

Fill  our  hearts  this  d 
Then  the  old  i 


in  the  sacred  psal 
^P       &  Q 
Mingled  thf  ir  notes  th 

QQ  <^J- 

Hstlf-wa 
Not  overco 


submission  and  patience !" 
the  women  that  stood  by  the  wayside 
in  the  sunshine  al 


e  them 


VANGELINE 

she  waiteoL^until  the_jp 


advancing.    Alas !  ho 

from  lii 

med  with  the  weight  of  the  h 

ut  with  a  smile  and  a  sigh,  she  clasped  his  neck  and  embra 
Speaking  words  of  endearment  where  words  of  comfort 
;o  the  Gaspereau's  mouth  moved  on  that 

\y     <*  /^  ^^ 


disorder  prevailed, 


. 

ily  plied  the  freighted  boat 


sbands,  and  mothers,  too  late, 


nding  their  arms,  with  wildest  entreaties. 

X  ^P^Jv^^r-^\ 

ere  Basil  and  Gabriel  carried, 


Wives  were  torn  from 
Left  on  the 

unto  separate      «•...>...       \T^^ 

I|M  shbiseiBv*ftg^e^*rood  with  hex,  f ath^. 

6      ""  ^        ^^^^^^1        ^J3b.  a 

the  t§sk,  was  not  o!one  when  the/^n^^  down,  andcfhe  twilight 

Deepened  and  parkfenppraTpjlnjfl ;  a 
Fled  away  frGn\  1^ieN^&afe^^|^ft 


ildren 


'O 


EVANGELIN 


fs  of  the  t&e,  with  l^Jp  and 


ck  in  the  midst  of 


to  a  gypsy  camp,  or  a  leaguer 


ld  goods  anc 


V  *** 

a?  an(J-the  sentinels  near  th 


Lay  encamped  for  the  night  the  houseless  Acadian  farmers. 
Back  to  its  nethermost  caves  retreated  the  bellowing  0 
Dragging  adown  the  beach  the  rattling  pebbles,  and  leaving 
Inland  and  far  up  the  shore  the  stranded  boats  of  the  sailors. 
Then,  as  the  night  descended,  the  herds  returned  from  their 

from  the. 


ras  the  moist  still  air  with  the  odor 

/         l\      \    lllL        ft\  j/"''~Xl*S^-«rfi?*»X^W  .<K$ 

ing  they  waited,  and  long,  at  the  well-known  bars  of  the  farm-yard,*- 

/  \  \  vL  W^.yx/^M\Ax\  ^y  ill  I  I  A  O(   ..TT 

Waited  and  looked  in  vain  for  the  voice  and  the  hand  of  the  milkmaid. 
Silence  reigned  in  toe  streets;  from  the  church  no  Angelus  so 
Rose  no  gnWke  j^qnr^the^sefs, \atid  gleamed  no  lights ;jfrom  ;the  wi 

kindled, 


Thus  he  appxo)a 
And  in  the 


her  father, 


3 


CC.SK. 


E'e1! 


EVAN  G  ELI  N 

and  hollow  and  wftn,  and  without  eithwR 
ice  of  a  clock  from  which  the  ha 
strove  with  words  and  can 


thoug 


take 


unly 


ref  he  Kg»ved°m 
:h  a  vacant  stare,  ever  gazed  at  the,  flickering  fii 


"Benedicite!"  murmured  the  priest,  in  tones  of  comj 
More  he  fain  would  have  said,  but  his  heart  was  full 
Faltered  and  paused  on  his  lips,  as  the  feet  of  a  chile 
Hushed  by  the  scene  he  beholds,  and  the  awful  presence  of 
Silently,  therefore,  he  laid  his  hand  on  the  head  of  the  maic 
Raising  his  tearful  eyes  to  the  silent  stars  that  above  them 
Moved  on  their  way,  unperturbed  by  the  wrongs  and  sorrows  o 
Then  sat  he  down  at  her  side,  and  they  wept  together  in  silence 

L\   \\J  ,^^J!>r  ^r^^^\ 


lenbjf/fose  h 
[oon  climbs  the  ci 


the 


autui 


to< 


martyr. 
Then  as  the 


IBS  thatch,  and,  uplifting, 


EVANGELIN 

Whirled  them  aloft  through  the  air,  at  once  from  a  hundrcc 

the  sheeted  smoke  with  flashes  of  flame  intermingled. 
CV    <3Psp\        s£  >J        (T*Zr  3 

T^T^P^  *  iHf 

These  things  beheld  in  dismay  the  crowo!  on  the  shore  and  on  shi 

V        cr^"-::^-D       &>          &       CJ^M^^j    -V-) 
Speechless  at  first  they  stood,  then  cried  aloud  in  their  angu 

\SvSx    r£  °       °  ^    ^=°  °^^   ^  "  G&   / 

'We  shall  behold  no  more  our  Tiomes  in  the  village  of  Grand- 
Loud  on  a  sudden  the  cocks  began  to  crow  in  the  farm-yards, 
the  day  had  dawned ;  and  anon  the  lowing  of  cattle 
evening  breeze,  by  the  barking  of  dogs  interruj 
ind  of  dread,  such  as  startles  the  sleej 

forests  that  skirt  the  Nebraska, 

wild  horses  affrighted  sweep  by  with  the  speed  of  the  wl 
[  bellowing  herds  of  buffaloes  rush  to  the  river, 
sound  that  arose  on  the  night,  as  the  herds  anc 


V' 


mch 
Iroke  thr< 


^ 


ind 


r>> 

Motionless ^ay  his  for 
Slowly  the  priei 

o 

Knelt  at  her  h 


len,  and 


and  wailec 


silent  ca 


01111 


te!C 


EVANGELINE 


she  sank,  and  lay  with  her  head  on  his 
Through  the  long  night  she  lay  in  deep,  oblivious  slumber; 

/      \    k  &^^ (C^  ^ 

And  when  she  woke  from  the  trance,  she  beheld  a  multitud 
NX— ^        ^JF?$*        *  <*>     S  4       ^    T\^ 

of  friends  she  beheld,  that  were  mournfully  gazing  upon 

idtJ^earfuJNSves,  an$noo,ks  or  Oddest  6e^ipassi 


the^urning  village  illu»UUv.u  ^^  ^ny^-py,^ 

erhcad,  and  gleamed  on  the  faces  around 
of  doom  it  seemed  to  her  wavering  senses. 


\  y 

as  it  said  to  the  people,  — 
n  a  happier  season 
o  our  homes  from  the  unknown 
sacred  dust  be  piously  laid  in  the 
ords  of  the  priest.   And  there  i 
;e  of  the  burning  village  for  funeral  torcl: 

\  £&n^AeQ    /  \V 

or  book,  they  buried  the-  farmer  of  Grand- 

^•XCS\5^\       »       V/     ./\         rv       r//^^' 

And  as  the  voice  of  the 

^x>\  *  i,/  is/  , ,    ^      _ 

f  a  vast  congregatioi 
its  roar  with  the  dirges, 
san, 
landward. 


Leaving  behi 


village  in  ruins. 


lining  of  Grand 

hen  on  the  falling  tide  the  freighted  vessels  departed, 
iring  a  nation,  with  all  its  household  gods,  into  exile, 
:ile  without  an  end,  and  without  an  exa 


Newfoundland. 


arate  coasts,  the  Acadians  Ian 

I   "finSoy/*" 

like  flakes  ,_ 

'*famtfo 

darken 


EVAN  G  ELI  NE 


Friends  they  sou 


ry  and  vast 
ed  by/th 

Ions  long  extinguished,  and  hopes  Ion 

As  the  emigrant's  way  o'er  the  Western  desert  is  marked  by 
nip-fires  long  consumed,  and  bones  that  bleach,  in  the  sunshin 
mething  there  was  in  her  life  incomplete,  imperfect,  unfinished 
if  a  morning  of  June,  with  all  its  music  and  sunshine, 
Suddenly  paused  in  the  sky,  and,  fading,  slowly  descendi 


p  the  east  again,  from  whence  i 


metimes  she  lingered  in  towns,  till,  urged  by 


rged  by  a  restless  lon 


EVANGELINE 

rain  her  endless  search 

jstrayed,  and  ga^^^^^^^fossc^.iu 

^-^^^^^i^ 

its 

/zzz&zzs^ 

/IT  t0 

arsay, 

her  forwaro> 

who  had  seen  her  helovrd  and 
far-off  place  or  forgotten. 

briel  Eajeunesse!"  they  said;  "  O,  yes!  we  have. seen 
j  was  wjth  B/siTthe  jbl^ckpnuthl  ajid  |bo^h  hav£-=gmie  to,  the  pi 
are  /tliey*  ana  famous  nunters  and  trappers." 

"Gabriel  Lajeuncsse!"  said  others;  "O,  yes!  we  have  seen 
tjh     (/  \  f^f\^\         \  I     liA]$fljRS!\L\\  \     a  tf/AA^ 

e  is  a  voyageur  in  the  lowlands  of  Louisiana." 

?hen  Avould  they  say,  "  Dear  child !  why  dream  and 
Are  there  not  other  youths  as  fair  as  Gabriel?  others 
Who  have  hearts  as  tender  and  true,  and  spirits  as 
Here  is  Baptiste  Leblanc,  the  notary's  son, 
Many  a  tedious  yet 


its  ail 

x-*= 

.letinjes  she  spake^itl 
t  %vVas  long 


Thou  art  t^latr^be  left  to  braid  St.  Cathem 

Then  would  EvangelineXanswera^renely  bm;  sadly,  "  I  cannot ! 


>ng,  and  patient 

v;  7  '  i ' Jr " '  \ 


mce;  accom 
ow 

jrefore  accomplish  thy  labor  of  love,  till 
Purified,  strengthened,  perfected,  and  rend 
leered  by  the  good  man's  words,  Evangel 


EVANGELINE 

has  gone,  there  follows  my  hand, 
he  heart  goes  befoi 
any  things  are  made  clear,  thai 
ere  upon  the  priest,  her  friend  and  father  coni 
id,  with  a  smile,  "  O  daughter !  thy  God  thus 
dk  not  of  wasted  affection,  affection  never  w£ 
it  enrich  not  the  heart  of  another,  its  waters,  returning 
ck  to  their  springs,  like  the  rain,  shall  fill  them  full  of  refresl 
hich  the  Fountain  sends  forth  returns  again  to  the  fc 
ibor ;  accomplish 


work^or  affection 
ranee  is  gjoplike. 

is  made  godli  < 

worthy  of 
ored  and  wait 

her  heart  she  heard  the  funeral  dirge  of  the  ocean, 
Jut  with  its  sound  there  was  mingled  a  voice  that  whispered,  "  Despai 
^hus  did  that  p 

Heeding,  barefooted,  over  the  shards  and  thorns  of  ( 
,et  me  essay,  O  Muse !  to  follow  the  wanderer's 
Jot  through 


cr  in  want  and  cheerless  discomfort 


EVANGELINE 


er  follows  a  streamlet's  course  through 


margin  at  times,  and  seeing  the  gleam  of  its 

^s 
in  some  open  spaTcefTmo^aj-a^^^is  only; 


was  tee  monm  ot  .May.    r'ar  down  the  Beauti 
Jast  the  Ohio  shore  and  past  the  mouth  of  the  Wabash, 
stream  of  the  broad  and  swift  Mississip 

t,  that  was  rowed  by  Acadian  boatme 


en  and  women  and  ch 

ir 


rearsa 
acred  farmers 


EVANGELINE 


ist,  and  the  prairies  of  fair  Opelo 

th  them  Evangeline  went,  and  her  guide,  the  Father  Felician. 
Onward  o'er  sunken  sands,  through  a  wilderness  sombre  with  forests, 
Day  after  day  they  glided  adown  the  turbulent  river 

Night  after  night,  by  their  blazing  fires,  encamped  on  its 
Uft^n  \y&        ^^=^s  /7/IH\  ,-J-Qf 

Y^iSfow  through  rushing^chutes,  among  green  isla^dsTwhefre  plifonel 

Cotton-trees  ^nodded  their  shadowy  crests,  they  swept  with  the  current, 
TfyVji  (emerged  into  br^iad  lagoons,  where  silvery  sand-bars 

Y$L>^^     s^*^*,/    /  /  //yf ij  LjjL^Af  ^X.       J 

Lay  in  the  stream,  and  along  the  wimpling  waves  of  their  ma 
Shining  with  snow-white  plumes,  large  flocks  of  pelicans  wa 
Level  the  landscape  grew,  and  along  the  shores  tyf  the 
Shaded  by  china-trees,  in  the  midst  of  luxuriant  gardens, 
the  houses  of  planters,  with  negro  cabins  and  dove- 
were  approaching  the  region  where  reigns  perpetual  sum 
through  the  Golden  Coast,  and  groves  of  orange  and  cit 
curve  the  river  away  to  the  eastward. 

their  course ;  and,  entering  the  Bayou  of  Plaquemii 

ish  and  devious  waters, 
f  steeTTextended  in  every 

hs  of  the  cypress 
g  molfses  wjim'd-air 


Waved  like  banners  that  ban 
Deathlike  the  silence  seemed,  and  u 
Home  to  their  roosts  in  the  cedar-t 

88 


cient  cathedrals. 
,"save  by  the  herons 
returning  at  sunset, 


EVAN  G  ELI  NE 


Gleamed 

Down  through  whose 


Dreamlike,  and  indistinct,  and  strange  were  all  things  around 
And  o'er  their  spirits  there  came  a  feeling  of  wonder  and  sadn 
Strange  forebodings  of  ill,  unseen  and  that  cannot  be  compa 


of  th^^wiiries, 


ing  mimosa,  // 


So,  at  the  hoof- 


attained  it 
intly 


ga      UJUwy 

But  Evaneeline's  heart 


before  her  eyes,  and  beckoned  her  on  through  the  moonlight, 
the  thought  of  her  brain  that  assumed  the  shape  of  a  phantc 

those  shadowy  aisles  had  Gabriel  wandered  before  her, 
And  every  stroke  of  the  oar  now  brought  him  nef 


us /place 

as  a  signal  sound,  if  others  li 
failed  on  thos^gloofh^vand  midni 

through  the  dark 
Breaking  the  seal  of  silence 
Soundless  above  them  the 


iaors  leafy  the  blast  rang, 

giving  tongues  to  the  forest. 

HA 

stirred  to  the  music. 


Multitudinous  echoes  awoke  and  died  in  the  distance, 


EVANGELINE 

^floor,  and  beneath  the  reverberant  branch 
a  voice  replied ;  no  answer  came  from  the  darknes 


Then  E 

Silent  at  times,  then  singing  familiar  Canadian  boat-song 
Such  as  they  sang  of  old  on  their  own  Acadian  rivers, 
While  through  the  night  were  heard  the  mysterious  sounds  of 
-indistinct, — as  of  wave  or  wind  in  the  forest, 

ne  and  the  roar  of  the  grim  alligat 


Lay 

Water-lilies  in  myriads  rocked  on  the  slight  undulations 

de  by  the  passing  oars,  and,  resplendent  in  beauty,  the  lotus 
fted  her  golden  crown  above  the  heads  of  the  boatmen. 
?aint  was  the  air  with  the  odorous  breath  of  magnolia  blossoms, 
And  with  the  heat  of  noon ;  and  numberless  sylvan  islands, 


Fragrant  and  thick 

Near  to  whose  shores  the 

x^i^Sijjv 
soon  by  the  fen*est  o 

t^Jnder  the  boughs  of  W 
Safely  their  boat  was 
Tired  with  their  midnigh 
Over  them  vast  and  high  extende 


ilossoming  hedges  of  roses 
Jted  to 

by  the  margin, 
about  on  the  greensward, 
•avellers  slumbered, 
e  cope  of  a  cedar. 


EVANGELINE 

great  arms,  the  trumpet-flower  and  the 
of  Jacob, 


ere  the  swift  humming-birds,  that  flittc 

uch  was  the  vision  Evangeline  saw  as  she  slumbered  beneath  it. 

\k  //       _        \  V— =-  .x-=*rP ^-^V\" 

with  love,  and  the  dawn  of  an  opening  hea- 

with  the  glory  of  regions  celestial, 
among  the  numberless  islands, 

y^/x 


Filled 
sighted  her  so 

Mr 

Iei*e^  ever 
ed  a  light, 
ed  on  i 

hw 

At  the  helm  sat  a  y 
ark  and  neglected  1 


id  from  bio 


umberless  islands, 
that  sped  away  o'er  t 

y  arms  of  hunters  and  trappers, 
to  the  land  of  the  bison  and  beaver, 
lance  thoughtful  and  careworn, 
overshadowed  his  brow,  and  a  sadness 


raiewhat  beyond  his  years  on  his  face  was  legibly  written, 
ibriel  was  it,  who,  weary  with  waiting,  unhappy  and  restl 
ught  in  the  Western  wilds  oblivion  of  self  and  of  soi 
r'iftly  they  glided  along,  close  under  the  lee  of  the  isL 


iSo  that 

Jl  undisturbed  by  the 
Angel  of  God  was  there 
Swiftly  they  glided  away 


ay  conc§ajesP^$he  wmows ; 
<1 
unseen,  were  the 

e  slumbering  maiden, 
f  a  cloud  on  the  prairie. 
After  the  sound  of  their  oars  onNbfie  tholes  had  died  in  the  distance, 


EVAN  G  ELI  NE 

from  a  magic  trance  the  sleepers  awoke,  and  the  maiden 
Saidjwith  a  siglvSTt^^ 

athing  says  in  my  h 

it  a  foolish  dream,  an  idle  and  vague  superstition? 
Or  has  an  angel  passed,  and  revealed  the  truth  to  my  spir 
'??,^eU^h  a  blu^she  added,  "AW  for  toy  credulousj  f a^cy  ! 
Unto  ears  like  thine  such  words  as  these  have  no  meaning. 
But  made  answer  the  reverend  man,  and  he  smiled  as  he  answered 
«  Daughte^Xty  wo^jrtTsxtl^dle^ 
Feeling  is  deep  and  st 

Is  as  the  tossing  buoy,  that  betrays  where  the  anchor  is  hiddi- 
Therefore  trust  to  thy  heart,  and  to  what  the  world  calls  illiu 
Gabriel  truly  is  near  thee;  for  not  far  away  to  the  southward, 


me  without 
he  word  that  floats  on  the  surface 


On  the  banks  of  the  Teche,  are  the  towns  of  St.  Maur  and  St.  Marti 
There  the  long-wandering  bride  shall  be  given  again  to  her  bridegroom, 

R  ^/  y^r\. \(I^/ni\      \J^^^\\^~^^^» 

There  the  long-absent  pastor  regain  his  flock  and  his  sheepfold. 
Beautiful  is  the  land,  with  its  prairies  and  forests  of 

Vxv JKX^X //]   ^^^^^-_^^^^^y5^^^pp:2c=v^^^. 

Under  the  feet  a  garden  of  flowers,  and  the  bluest  of  hen 
mding  above,  and  resting  its  dome  on  the  walls  of  the  f< 
who  dwell  there 


With  these  words  of  cheer 
Softly  the  evening  came.    The/ 


tinued  their  journey, 
rn  horizon 


EVANGELINE 


his  golden  wand  o'er  the 


o'er 

~S=£ 

sky  and  water  and  f( 


Like 

1  rng  vapors  arose ; 

Seemed  all  on  fire  at  the  touch,  and  melt 
S^2^Ss^^^^w__^___^        / 

Hanging  between  two  skies, 


edges 


of 


'  silv< 


w 

together. 


\\ 


Floated  the  boat,  with  its  dripping  oars,  on  the  motionless  wa 

\  \  ^  Ay^l  f*"""yj\v  /I    lf\  I NA    YV  — ' -•  ^ 

Filled  was  Evangeline's  heart  with  inexpressible  sweetness. 

I  K§^/  /          -~^V      ty  inPrrr'T    ^=^ 

Touched  by  the  magic  spell,  the  sacred  founta4ns  of  feeling 


ter. 


Glowed  with  the  light  of  love,  as  the  skies  and  waters  around  her. 
Then  from  a  neighboring  thicket  the  mocking-bird,  wildest  of 
Swinging  aloft  on  a  willow  spray  that  hun!g  p'er\  the  wa^ 
Shook  from  his  little  throat  such  floods  of  delirious  music,\ 

W  •  ^£¥-YW-L\    .  mAj 

That  the  whole  air  and  the  woods  and  the  waves  seemed  silent  to  listen. 
Plaintive  at  first  were  the  tones  and  sad ;  then  soaring  to  madness 
Seemed  they  to  follow  or  guide  the  revel  of  frenzied  Bacchantes. 
Single  notes  were  then  heard,  in  sorrowful,  low  lamentation ; 

Till,  having  gathered  them  all,  he  flung  them  abroad  in  derision, 
^^^^\j||      v^Vj.'^vv-- — _S3  ~  __— — —& 

As  when,  after  a  storm,  a  gust  of  wind  through  the  tree-tops 

Shakes  down  the  rattling  rain  in  a  crystal  shower  on  the  branches. 

With  such  a  prelude  as  this,  and  hearts  that  throbbed  with  emotion, 

Slowly  they  entered  the  Teche,  where  it  flows  through  the  green  Opelousas,  j 

And/ through  the  amber  air,  abJOTtt  the-*e$est  Pty'ine  woodland, 

Saw  the  column  of  smoke  that  aftJSfi  from  a^iefchboring  dwelling; — 

Sounds  of  a  horn  they  heard,  am  the^sdeant  lowing  of  cattle. 

-I 


« 
NEAR  to  the  bank  of  the  river,  o'ershadowed  by  oaks  from  whose  branches 

Garlands  of  Spanish  moss  and  of  mystic  mistletoe  flaunt* 
Such  as  the  Druids  cut  down  with  golden  hatchets  at  Yule-ti( 
Stood,  secluded  and  still,  the  house  of  the  herdsman.   A  garde 
rirded  it  round  about  with  a  belt  of  luxuriant  blc 
ir  with  fragrance.   The  house  itself 


EVANGELINE 


the  humming-bird  and  the  bee,  extende 


ontentions  of  riva 
line  of 


of  the  trees ;  but  the  house  itself  was^in  s 

/yffljikvs        "%^_ 
d  from  its  chimney-top,  ascending  and  slowly  expandin 

to  the  evening  air,  a  thin  blue  column  of  smoke  rose. 

_  /\[  I  Hi  1 1 11  \\    \VN.     , 
r  o^dtfie  heuse,  from  the  garden  gate,  ran  ajrat 

rough  the  g$eat  gf^fl^S}  H  Itye  ^M^s  ofth^iimitless  prairie, 
^to  whose  seA  of  fl 


Full  in  his  track  of  light,  li 


Hanging  loose  from  their  spars  in  a  motionless  calm  in  the  tro 
Stood  a  cluster  of  trees,  with  tangled  cordage  of  grapc-vi 


where  the  woodlands  met  the  flowery  surf  of  t 
ounted  upon— his- horse,  with  Spanish  saddle  and  stirrups 


iters  and  doublet  of  dcersk 
the 


r      „     '^ 

Gazed  on 
Round  about  him 


scene,  with^^hfijordly 


ne  that  were  grazing 


Quietly  in  the  meadows, 
That  uprose  from  the  ri 


vapory  freshness 
over  the  landscape. 


EVANGELINE 


horns\of 
currents  oj 


shade  ifTthe  distance 
through  the  gait 


est  and  the  maiden  advancing?  to 

-x- 

his  horse  he  sprang  in  amazement,  and  forwa 

1        I  ^^-aZX  A 

ions  of  wonder; 


denly  down 
shed  with  emended 


i^  and  exclamat 


recognized  Basil  the  Blacksmith 
^rrv^r — r-^-?^-.       l\P^r^f\  \ 


en  they  beheld  his  f 
Hearty  his  welcome 


here  in  an  arbor  of  roses  with  endless  question  and 

they  vent  to  their  hearts,  and  renewed  their  friendly  embraces, 
ughing  and  weeping  by  turns,  or  sitting  silent  and  thoughtful, 
thoughtful,  for  Gabriel  came  not;  and  now  dark  doubts  and  misgiv 


now 

Evangel 
Tears  came  into  her  eyes, 
"Gone?   is  Gabriel  gone 


the  bayous 
a  shade  passed, 
a  tremulous  accent, 
er  face  on  his  shoulder, 


EVANGELINE 


rardened  heart  gave  way,  and  she  wept  aru 

~f2 

Jasil  saTflt===3rad=±nsrras^  bfitl 


good 


'.Thence- he  will 


Spaniards. 
Ozark  Mountains 


ping  the  beaver. 

7/rjBgi.A  ' 

vO3r/ 


voi 

Borne  al 

Long  under  Basil 
Having  no  other  care 
Far  renowned  was  he  f 


Hunting  for  furs  in  the  forests,  on 
'Therefore  be  of  good  cheer ;  we  w7ill  follow  the  f u| 
He  is  not  far  on  his  way,  and  the  Fates  and  the  streams  are  against 
Up  and  away  to-morrow,  and  through  the  red  dew  of  the  morning, 
Tyh^fast,  and  bring  him  t^ckJ^Hris^ 


like/yC  god  on  Olympus, 

dispensin&^husic  to  mortals. 
Ni 

i>and  his  fiddle. 


EVANGELINE 

el,"  they  cried,  "our  brave  Acadia 

ft  intriumpliai  procession ; 

elieian  advanced  with  Evangeline,  greeting  the  old  man 
ndly  and  oft,  and  recalling  the  past,  while  Basil,  enrapt 
bailed  with  hilarious  joy  his  old  companions  and  gossips, 
'.  Laughing  loud  and  long,  and  embracing  mothers  and  daught 
marvelled  to  see  the  wealth  of  the  ci-devant  blacks 


(omains  and  his  herds,  and  his  patriarchal  demeanor ; 
ip#fvelled/tb  hear  his  tales  of  the  soil  and  thexcli 

Lnd  of  the  prairies,  whose  numberless  herds  were  his  wTho  would  take 

xj  A          /  \     \    ^**^^\  i 

ich  one  thought  in  his  heart,  that  he,  too,  would  go  and  do  likewi 

Thus  they  ascended  the  steps,  and,  crossing  the  breezy  veranda, 

H  y/i/iiviv   "^'^'^^i^iX-l^""'^^^/    //iviOvi. 

Entered  the  hall  of  the  house,  where  already  the  supper  of  Basil 
'ait$&his  late  return;  and  they  rested  and  feasted  together. 

f\    U 

joyous  feast  the  sudden  darkness  degcen 
was  silent  without,  and,  illuming  the  landscape  with 
moon  and  tiie  myriad 


these 


'stab 

'oured  forth  his  heart 
Lighting  his  pipe,  that 
Thus  he  spake  to  his  gu 


herdsman 
endless  profusion. 
Natchitoches  tobacco, 
d  smiled  as  they  listened: 


EVAN  G  ELI  NE 


too,  lands 

/V      / 
ith  a  few  blows  of 


After  your  houses  are  built,  and  vour  fields  are  yellow  with  narves 
No  King  George  of  England  shall  drive  you  away  from  your  homesteads, 
urning  your  dwellings  and  barns,  and  stealing  your  farms  and  youi 
eaking  these  words,  he  blew  a  wrathful  cloud  from  his  nostril 
ile  his  huge,  brown  hand  came  thundering  down  on  the  table 
that  the  guests  all  started;  and  Father  Felician,  astounded, 
Suddenly  paused,  with  a  pinch  of  snuff  half-way  to  his  nostrils 
ut  the  brave  Basil  resumed,  and  his  words  were  milder  and 
'Only  beware  of  the  fe^er,  my^Me^sTbewap^of  the  fever! 

'or  it  is  not  like  that  of  ^^oloSAcad^S/jclimate, 

nyx.  JJAJW 

Cured  by  wearing  a  spider/\mtng  round#»e's  neck  in  a  nutshell !" 

Then  there  were  voices  heard  at  t^xe^noor,  *nd  footsteps  approaching 


EVANGELINE 


stairs  and  the  floor  of  the  breezy  verand* 


It 

Who  had 


sumi 


rdsman. 


erry  the  meeting  was  of  am 

his  arms 


icy 


who  befo 


Meeting  in  exile,  became  straightway  as  friends  to 
Drawn  by 

ghboring 

rdant  strings  of  Michael 
Broke  up  all  further  speech.    Away,  111 
All  things  forgotten  beside,  they  gave  themselv 
Whirl  of  the  dizzy  dance,  as  it  swept  and  swayed 
Dreamlike,  with  beaming  eyes  and  the  rush  of  fluttering  garments. 


a  au. 


• 
eanwhile,  apart,  at  the  head  of  the  hall,  the  priest  and  the  herds 


Sat,  conversing  together  of  past  and  present  and  future; 


While  Evangeline  stood  like  one  entranced,  for  within  her 

Olden  memories  rose,  and  loud  in  the  midst  of  the  music 

^^  ^/ 

of  the  sea,  and  an  irrepressible 

nseen  she  jstple  forth  int 

tiful  was  the  night.   Behind,  theiteek  w^ilL^f  the  forest, 
Tipping  its  summit  with  silver  ,V$pose  the  mo^nV  On  the  river 

Ai  \s> 

Fell  here  and  there  through  thejjjraH^hes  a^reji^lilous  gleam  of  the  moonlight, 
Like  the  sweet  thoughts  of  love  on  a  darkened  and  devious  spirit. 

107    II 


EVANGELINE 


night,  as 
Her  of  fra 
Hung  the  heart  of  t 


,  -*t 

Seemed  to  inundate  her*  soul  with  i 


,  through  the  garden 

asli  JhJltomg  the  path 

\fy\  J~^\\       ^=^!f!S~~  /  n 

Silent  it  lay,  with  a  silvery  haze  upon  it,  and  fire-fli 


Gleaming  and  floatin@p«wa 

er  her  head  the  stars, 

Shone  on  the  eyes  of  man,  who  had  ceased  to  marvel  and  worshi 
ve  when  a  blazing  comet  was  seen  on  the  walls  of  that  temple, 
a  hand  had  appeared  and  written  upon  them,  "Upharsin." 
the  soul  of  the  maiden,  between  the  stars  and  the  fi 
andered  alone,  and  she  cried   "O  Gabriel  !   O 

thou  so  near  unto  me,  and  yet  I  cannot  behold 
ou  so  near  unt 


how  often  thine  eyes  n 


how  often  beneath  this 


Al 


s  aroui 
labor, 

Thou  hast  lain  down  to  rest,  a^%9  dream  j$?$pe  in  thy  slumbers ! 
When  shall  these  eyes  behold,  «Kese  aW^e  f&fied  about  thee?" 
Loud  and  sudden  and  near  the  note  dftW  whippoorwill  sounded 

tyj 

108 


E VANG  ELI NE 


woods ;  and  anon,  through  the  neighboring  thick 
awav  nr-noat€»^HH^€H'OTrDea  into 


"Patience!"  whis 
And,  from 


the  flowers  of  the  ga 


anoint fd  his  t 
vases  ojf  Crystal. 


Bathed  his  shinin 


said  the  priest,  as  he  stood  at  the  shadowy  thresho 


yOU  bring/us  t 

7^ 
,  too,  the  Foolish  Vir 


o  isiept  When 

1  "H  •v- 

and,  sin 


Farewell !"  answered  t 
the  river's  br 
s  beginning  their  j 


le  boat 
with  morning 


they  followed  the  flight  of  him  who 
by  the  blast  of  fate  like  ;,  dead  leaf 
Not  that  day,  nor  the  next,  nor  yet  the 


Found  they  trace  of  his  course,  in  lake  or  forest 

r,  after 

alone 

1,  at  the  little  inn  of 
Weary  and  worn,  they  alighted,  and  lea 
That  on  the  day  before,  wit^por^jes  and^s 

xV  A 

Gabriel  left  the  village,  and  took 

1< 


IV 


in  the  West  there  lies  a  desert  land,  where  the  mountains 
ift,  through  perpetual  snows,  their  lofty  and  luminous  summits. 

no.  from  their  jagged,  deep  ravines,  where  the  gorge,  like  a  gateway, 

f7V     1&?  /    J  ^T^^jll^fW^J^T*'  I   \  f\  \^\\W   NPflll! 
a  passage  rude  to  the  wheels  of  the  emigrant's  wagon, 

\m    \k\\  "  LJUt 

tward  the  Oregon  flows  and  the  Walleway  and  Owyhee. 

Eastward,  with  devious  course,  among  the  Wind-river  Mountains 
ter  Valley  precipitate  leaps  the  Nebras 
>ut  and  the  Spanis 
id  of1 


EVANGELINE 


with  ceaseless  sound,  descend  to 


sunshine. 

amorpnaa, 

and  the  roebuck; 

horses ; 

ft  travel]    \ 

chilolr^n,  // 
\  ^=zz-       </, 

rar-trails 

Like  the  implacable  soul  of  a  chieftain  slaughtered  in 
By  invisible  stairs  ascending  and  scaling  the  heavens. 

2re  and  there  rise  smokes  from  the  camps  of  these  savage  maraui 
and  there  rise  groves  from  the  margins  of  swift-running  rivers 


ig  between 
bays  of 

igni  with  luxuria 
Over  them  wander  the  buffalo 
Over  theni  wander 
last  an 
Over  them 
Staining  the  dese 


:Ies  and  sails 


the  grim,  tacitur 


. 
the  anchori 


limbs  down  their  dark  ravines  to  dig  for 
iver  all  is 


hand  efjCetUn^i 


r4  Into  this  wonderful  lai 
Gabriel  far  had  entered,  witftty&unters  anc 


ie  Ozark  Mountains, 
ippers  behind  him. 


EVANGELINE 


.with  their  Indian  guides,  the  maiden^ 
stepsparui  UlOUglit  e"ach  day 


e 
is  cai 


Rise  in  the  morning  air  from 


n ; 
ey  found  onl^peml 


JLf 

nd,  though  their  hearts  were  sad  at  times  and  their  bodies  were 

Hope  still  guided  them  on,  as  the  magic  Fata  Morgana 

*"~  \l     T^^~^n  ^  .-rm"^^^  \ 

hem  her  lakes  of  light,  that  retreated  and  vanished  befo 

/  V-^    ' 

Once,  as  they  sat  by  their  evening;  fire,  there  si 

7s     "I  / 

the  little  camp  an  Indian  woman,  whose  lectures 

deep  traces  of  sorrow,  and  patience  as  great  as 
She  was  a  Shawnee  woman  returning  home  to 
om  the  far-off  hunting-grounds  of  the  cru< 

her  Canadian  husband,  a  coureur-des-bois,  had  been  murder 
juched  were  their  hearts  at  her  story,  and  warmest  and  friendliest  we 
,ve  they,  with  words  of  cheer,  and  she  sat  and  feasted  among-  the 
the  buffalo-meat  and  the  venison  cooked  on  the  embers. 

all  his  c 


iut  when  their  meal  was 

orn  with  tJJg£>long  tfty's  ma 
itretched  themselves  on 
Flashed  on  their  swarthy  ch&!&&s,  and  thei 


and  the  biso 


where  the  quivering  fiaeilight 
is  wrapped  up  in  their  blankets, 


EVAN  CELINE 

hen  at  the  door  of  Evangeline's  tent  she  sat  and  repe 

with  soft,  low  voice,  and  the  charm  of  her  Indian  accen 
All  the  tale  of  her  love,  with  its  pleasures,  and  pains,  and  reverses. 
Much  Evangeline  wept  at  the  tale,  and  to  know  that  another 
Hapless  heart  like  her  own  had  loved  'and  had  been  disappointed. 

jL/     ^~^~\/^~*=s>       / H\v         xH'r^  ^^. 

Moved  to  the  depths  of  her  soul  by  pity  and  woman's  compassion, 
Yet  in  her  sorrow  pleased  that  one  who  had  suffered  was  near  her, 


rn  related  hei^  love  and  all  its  disasters.  — •«*-— 

te  with  wonder  the  Shawnee  sat,  and  when  she  had  ended 

/         /  r^T/TJJ8r*'Tt"'  VI        \^~^z       Jy/ 
was  mute ;  but  at  length,  as  if  a  mysterious  horror 

Passed  through  her  brain,  she  spake,  and  repeated  the  tale  of  th     Mo 
Mowis,  the  bridegroom  of  snow,  who  won  and  wedded  a  maiden, 
But,  when  the  morning  came,  arose  and  passed  from  the  wigwa 
ig  and  melting  away  and  dissolving  into  the  sunshine 

beheld  him  no  more,  though  she  followed  far  into  the  fo 
ien,  in  those  sweet,  low  tones,  that  seemed  like  a  weird  incantation, 
she  the  tale  of  the  fair  Lilinau,  who  was  wooed  by  a  phantom, 

..Ay//       ^^^§3^  ^  ^~^^^^y^^~~-^V?j^^^y^      \  Vv/LrfS^C/vi 

That,  through  the  pines  o'er  her  father's  lodge,  in  the  hush  of  the  twi 
reathed  Iike\ihe  evernnff-^wTSo,  a^^i^his^ered  love  teethe  maiden, 
Till  she  followed  his  green  and  jwavinff  plume  through  the  forest, 
And  never  more  returnee^  W&r  wtfiFieenx££wn  by  her  people. 
Silent  with  wonder  and  strange  surprise,  Evangeline  listened 
J)     M14 


Hiuur:!  L 


EVANGELINE 

of  her  magical  words,  till  the  region  aroui 

^.^^  _ 
enchanted 

ly  over  the  tops  of  the  Ozark  Mouutaii 
ghting  the  little  tent,  and  with  a  mysterious  splendor 
ouching  the  sombfe  leases}  and 
.Tith  a  delicious  sound  the  brook  rushed  by,  and  the  branches 

dm  /^  ~~^\         .  //K^\\        "/*' — * 

wayed  and  sighed  overhead  in  scarcely  audible- ^hispers. 
Filled  with  the  thoughts  of  love  was  Evangeline's  heart»  but  a 
Subtile  sense  crept  in  of  pain  and  indefinite  terror, 
As  the  cold,  poisonous  snake  creeps  into  the  nest  of  the  swa 

t  was  no  earthly  fear.    A  breath  from  the  region  of  spirits 

H  '        / /' i''i'''\{'\'t-\'\\       \  Ji\\. 

Seemed  to  float  in  the  air  of  night ;  and  she  felt  for  a  moment 
That,  like  the  Indian  maid,  she,  too,  was  pursuing  a  phantom, 
nd  with  this  thought  she  slept,  and  the  fear  and  the  phantom  had  v 
rvl  y//L^s\*s' 

y^J^^^ 

ly  upon  the  morrow  the  march  was  resumed,  and  the  Shawnee 
id,  as  they  journeyed  along, —  "On  the  western  slope  of  these  mountains 
wells  in  his  little  village  the  Black  Ro 
Much  he  te 
>ud  laugh 

en,  with  a  sudden  and^ecretT^g$>Jion,  Eva^geline  answered 
Let  us  go  to  the  Mission, yfoft  there' goo8/y$dings  await 


EVAN  G  ELI  NE 


Thither  they  turned  their  steeds ;  and  behind  a  spur  of  the  mountains, 
Just  as  the  sun  went  down,  they  heard  a  murmur  of  v< 
And  in  a  meadow  green  and  broad,  by  the  bank  of  a  river, 
Saw  the  tents  of  the  Christians,  the  tents  of  the  Jesuit  Mis 


Under  a  towering  oak,  that  stood  in  the  midst  of  the  village, 
xix^r      ^^\   \  /IK  J^>- — ^-O^V\ 


Knelt  the  Black  Robe  chief  with  his  children.  XA  crvjeifix  fa 
the  trunk  of  the, tree,  and  overshadowed  by  gra 


Looked  with  its  agonized  face  on  the  multitude  kneeling  beneath  it. 
This  was  their  rural  chapel.    Aloft,  through  the  intricate  arches 

tyfy/\         s^^ /     ljL*=U  4A    NV.    ^    ^y^l 

Of  its  aerial  roof?  arose  the  chant  of  their  vespers, 
Mingling  its  notes  with  the  soft  susurrus  and  sighs  of  the  branch 
Silent,  with  heads  uncovered,  the  travellers,  nearer  approaching, 
Knelt  on  the  swarded  floor,  and  joined  in  the  evening  devoti 
But  when  the  service  was  done,  and  the  benediction  had  fallen 
Forth  from  the  hands  of  the  priest,  like  seed  from  the  hands  of  the 
Slowly  the  reverend  man  advanced  to  the  strangers,  and  bade  them 
Welcome;  and  when  they  replied,  he  smiled  with  benignant  expr 
Hearing  the  homelike  sounds  of  his  mother-tongue  in  the  forest 
And,  with 

If    v£^ 

j  There  upon 

[Feasted,  and  slaked  the^r  thirsl^fgego.  the  waiter-gourd 
Soon  was  their  story  told ;  and  the  priest  with  solemnity  answered :  — : 


Told 


EVANGELINE 

have  risen  and  set  since  Gabriel,  seated 

ien  reposes, 
this  same  sad  tale;  then  arose  and  continued  his  journey!" 


Soft  was  the  voice  of  the  priest,  and  he  spake  with  an  accent  of  kindness  ; 

^^^S*^t^  ^x^J*"»5^~*~*^\j  ^\.    $i^^  ^*^£*52*^^  \£T-*:$^^*  "^?"^^Rv^V^ 

But  on  Evangcline's  heart  fell  his  words  as  in  winter  the  snow-flakes 
Fall  into  some  lone  nest  from  which  the  birds  have  departed. 

Jfl        x^^^1^^  ~^<  -  ^\        f^'^ 

"Far  t(/the  north  }\£  Jias  gone,"  continued  the  priest  ;  "but  in  autumn, 
•:-r  J    f  v*^\        _JL<S^A  ^^J\J__  \    \^ 

the  chase  is  dofee,  will  return  again  to  the  Mission." 

,  and  her  voice  was  me£k  and  submissive^ 
"Let  me  remain  with  thee,  for  my  soul  is  sad  and  afflicted." 


. 

So  seemed  it  wise  and  well  unto  all  ;  and  betimes  on  the  morrow, 
Mounting  his  Mexican  steed,  with  his  Indian  guides  and  companions, 
Homeward  Basil  returned,  and  Evangeline  stayed  at  the  Missi 


jjj/7y|lEE8[ii         Vv  KV  J 738C,  AJT3Kv!\  /\ ;  //        A\JUr4~— X 
Slowly,  slowly,  slowly  the  days  succeeded  each  other, — 

Days  and  weeks  and  months;  and  the  fields  of  maize  that  were  springing 
Green  from  the  ground  when  a  stranger  she  came,  now  waving  about  her, 


Lifted  their  slender  shafts,  with  leaves  interlacing,  and  forming 

aries  pillaged  by  squirre 

he  maidens 

f 

ened  a  lover, 
a  thief  in  the  corn-field. 


EVANGELINE 


iven  the  blood-red  ear  to  Evangeline  brought  not  her  1( 


at  this  vigorous  plant 


from  the  meadow, 


See  how  its  leaves  are  turned  to  the  north,  as  true  as  the  magnet ; 
This  is  the  compass-flower,  that  the  finger  of  God  has  planted 

^fy)    ><x>^^^\  *~^> — ^N.    VN&. 

Here  in  the  houseless  wild,  to  direct  the  traveller's  journey 
Over  the  sea-like,  pathless,  limitless  waste  of  the  desert. 
Such  in  the  soul  of  man  is  faith.    The  blossoms  of  passion, 

ay  and  luxuriant  flowers,  are  brighter  and  fuller  of  fragrance, 
But  they  beguile  us,  and  lead  us  astray,  and  their  odor  is  deadly, 
this  humble  plant  can  guide  us  here,  arid  hereafter 
us  with  asphodel  flowers,  that  are  wet  with  the  dews  of  nepenthe." 

So  came  the  autumn,  and  passed,  and  the  winter — yet  Gabriel 
Blossomed  the  opening  spring,  and  the  notes  of  tl>e  robin  and  blue-bii 
Sounded  sweet  upon  wold  and  in  wood,  yet  Gabriel  came  not. 
But  on  the  breath  of  the  summer  winds  a  rumor  was  waft 

Sweeter  than  song  of  bird,  or  hue 

//    ^k£^ 

A  Far  to  the 


EVAN  G  ELI  NE 

^lodge  by  the  banks  of  the  Saginaw 

^guides,  lliai  J>UUH'1W  the  lak 
ajsad  fj 

lien  over  weary  ways,  by  long  and  perilous  marches, 
attaiited  ^t-Uegth  the  /dti&hs  of  the  MJ 

-~~«r^ls~  /ll\\ 

id  shj^ffie^Soter's  lodge  ^eMe^  and 


in  s^sons  and  bis 
maiden ;  — -// 


Fian  Missions, 


^od^oguiyus  cit» 
ireme 
the 


d  a 


Faded  was  she  and  old,  when  in  disappointment  it 

^L  ^v«\v»-^/v2k  \       V  cis?-'"'£^  I  i^ZT!"*J^b          £   1&\^\^/  *J 
^ach  succeeding  year  stole  something  away   from   her   beauty 

xj^--^      'pb<£l^'°g^^^^g1         "j^^^y^ 

behind  it,  broader  and  deeper,  the  gloom  and  the  shade 
"hen  there  appeared  and  spread  faint  streaks  of 
Bafi^g^rf'ai 
As  in  the 


IN  that  delightful  land  which  is  washed  by  the  Delaware's  waters, 
Guarding  in  sylvan  shades  the  name  of  Penn  the  apostl 
Stands  on  the  banks  of  its  beautiful  stream  the  city  lie  founc 
There  all  the  air  is  balm,  and  the  peach  is  the  emblem  of  beauty, 

And  the  streets  still  reecho  the  names  of  the  trees  of  the  forest, 
I  Mi  1 fw*>  v  —i  1*0  i     J -— !A'  Jii/ti  Jtfl  i  (t*  ,3)    {  Ail).,  \  rK^  jL  \    V^^  .  (7/rlfilffll 
As  if  they  fain  would  appease  the  Dryads  whose  haunts  they  molest 


EVANGELINE 


stran 

^^^^5 

he  Quakers 


endeavor 
uncompl 


Into  her  /$$£i^d:  him  time  enjgred  not, 

Over  him  years  had  nK  poweE^dtc^was  noychanged,  but  transfigu 

He  had  become  to  her  l$#srt  as  one  "* is  dead,  and  not  absent ; 


EVANGELINE 


;  frequent 
lanes"7ff~the 


some 
after  daj 
odded  the  German  farmer 


nd  fruits  for  the 
ning  home  from  Its  watchin 


in  acorn. 


EVANGELINE 


nd,  as  the  tides  of  the  sea  arise  in  the  month  of 
coding 
death  floode 


nargm, 


Spread  to  a  brackish  lake  the  silver  stream  of  existence. 
Wealth  had  no  power  to  bribe,  nor  beauty  to  charm, ^fctw 
But  all  perished  alike  beneath  the-  scourge  of  his  anger;— 
Only,  alas!  the  poor,  who  had  neither  friends  nor  attc 

/TV-  .^    Hrrl^V^i^^ 

pt  away  to  die  in  the  almshouse,  home  of  the  homeless. 
en^m\he,*«Qfe«rbs/it  stood,  in  the  midst  of  meadows  and  woodlands 

the  city  surrounds  it ;  but  still,  with  its  gateway --and  wicket 

,  in  the  midst  of  splendor,  its  humble  walls  seer 


tly  the  words  of  the  Lord:  —  "The  poor  \e  always  have  witl 
ther,  by  night  and  by  day,  came  the  Sister  of  Mercy.    The  dying 
;ed  up  into  her  face,  and  thought,  indeed,  to  behold  tl 
Gleams  of  celestial  light  encircle  her  forehead  with  splendor, 

as  the  artist  paints  o'er  the  brows  of  saints  and  apostles, 
such  as  hangs  by  night  o'er  a  city  seen;  at ^a  €ds^fr< 
Unto  their  eyes  it  seemed  the  lamps  of  the  city  celestial, 
nto  whose  shining  gates  ere  long  their  spirits  would  ente 


Thus,  on  a  SabbatK 


treets,  deserted  and  sile 


EVAN  G  ELI  NE 


ending  her  quiet  way,  she  entered  the  door  of  the 
on  the  sui 


That  the  dying  once  more 
Then,  as  she  mounted  the  stairs  t 


ng4hem, 

in  their  fragrance  and  beai 
corridors,  cooled  by  the  east  wind, 


fr/i\  \       1L//  ^~^tf^~  \/^-  I  1  ~^nf  \  vJi 

Distant  and  soft  on  her  ear  fell  the  chimes  from  the  belfry  of  Christ  Chur< 

While,  intermingled  with  these,  across  the  meadows  were  waftecK    \ 


in  their  church  at  Wicaco 

H 


Sounds  of  psalms,  that  were  sung  by  t 

Soft  as  descending  wings  fell  the  calm  of  the  hour  on 
/          /£^1ZI^^^~~      3-L,       \^ 
ething  within  her  said,  "At  length  thy  trials  are  ended" ; 

d,  with  light  in  her  looks,  she  entered  the  chambers  of  sickness. 

l^i       V  yTw  /  /  '/'  '  /'   '  I    )\     \      \ '  '  V    \  W/^^^ 

Noiselessly  moved  about  the  assiduous,  careful  attendants, 

Moistening  the  feverish  lip,  and  the  aching  browr,  and  in  silence 
Closing  the  sightless  eyes  of  the  dead,  and  concealing  their  fa 
ere  on  their  pallets  they  lay,  like  drifts  of  snow  by  the  roadsi< 

languid  head,  upraised  as  Evangeline  entered, 
urned  on  its  pillow  of  pain  to  gaze  while  she  passed,  for 
Fell  on  their  hearts  like  a  ray  of  the  sun  on  the  walls  of  a  prison 
And,  as  she  looked  around, ..she  saw  how  Death,  the.  consoler, 
Laying  his  hand  upon  many  a  heart,  had  healed  it  for  ever. 
\\ftt  1S7^ 


EVANGELINE 


)rms  had  disappeared  in  the  night-Jtii 

^  ' 


arrested  by  tear  or  a  Iceli 
Still  8&e  stoobVw^h  her  colorles/ilfps  apart,  wh 

ft    ><  \      y^*""""^-^*  I   /i|i\\  j*^ 

:,  and,  forgotten,  the  flowerets  dropped  f 
>m  her  ^yeV^fid  che^^^^^and^JGrn  of  the 
icre  escaped  iBomj jVerniBfj^fy'^fl  such  te^abie  anguish! 

•he"  d¥H^^earditi  And  started  up  f  rom\their  pi 

/         Zfc^^f'^'V'JJ,        \>^ 
the  pallet  beipre  heT^-as  stretched  the  fotm  oXan^&ld  man. 

/TPN^ 

ng,  aimthm,  and  dr&lydetk  tie 'locks'  4ha^  sliadei^  his/j^emples 
t,  aJBW  in  th^^^^WMrjii^a^e  rpr  a  m 

ime  ooci/rniol;?::t^j|qi7ngloin^s  qarlier  manhood ; 
Avont  to  be  changed  the  faces  of  those  who  arc  dvii 
^^3Khis  !M&]»^e^ffi|u|r/of  tl 

iklcd  its 
"hat  the  Angel  of  Death  might  see  the  sign,  and  pass  over. 


[otionless, 
S&^X 


depths  in/Hie^ 


•sinking  dowrrjJiri 

Darkness  cHt^lumber^a.nd  deaJj^^reyer 

Then  through  those  reatiji^pf  ^mcle,  i^ni^ltiplied  reverberations, 

128 


EVANGELINE 


card  he  that  cry  of  pain,  and  through  the  hush  that 

Whispered  a  gen 

"Gabriel !    O  my  beloved !"  and  died  away  into  silence. 

Lj&i&i:          *~~         ^^^^•^^-'^Ss^--  -^f^^^^^^  ~^» 

Then  he  beheld,  in  a  dream,  once  more  the  home  of  his  child 

reen  Acadian  meadows,  with  sylvan  jtfvers  among  them, 
Village,  and  mountain,  and  woodlands ;  and,  walking  under  their  shadow, 
As  in  the  days  of  her  youth,  Evangeline  rose  in  his  vision, 
ears  came  into  his  eves ;  and  as  slowly  he  lifted  his  eyelids, 

e  vision  away,  but  Evangeline  knelt  by  his 
he  strove  to-  whisper  her  name,  for  the  accents  unut 

Died  on  his'  lips,/and  their  motion  revealed  what  his  tongue  would  have  spok 
Vainly  he  strove  to  rise ;  and  Evangeline,  kneeling  beside  h 
Kissed  his  dying  lips,  and  laid  his  head  on  her 


eyes  ;  but  it  suddenly  sank  into  darkn 


eet  was  the  light  o 

^ 


hen  a  lamp  is  blown  out  by  a  gust  of  wiiid  at  a  casement. 


All  was 
the  aching 


*  more  the  MeTessnead  ta 


eekly  she  bowed  her  o%,  anoTimjrmured,  father,  I  thank  thee!" 


e  by  side,  in  their  nameless  graves,  the  lovers  are  sleeping. 


Under  the  humble  walls  of  the  little  Catholic  church-yai 
In  the  heart  of  the  city,  they  lie,  unknown  and 

I  \Y)  \ IS«--Y- — J-__2fei*i>/Mi]iLj «  (CN  /^)   I  '\"V'  \^v 

ily  the  tides  of  life  go  ebbing  and  flowing  beside  them, 
ousands  of  throbbing  hearts,  where  theirs  are  at  rest  and  for  e 
Thousands  of  aching  brains,  where  theirs  no  longer  are  busy, 
Thousands  of  toiling  hands,  where  theirs  have  ceased  from  their 
Thousands  of  weary  feet,  where  theirs 


EVAN  G  ELI  NE 

1  stands  the  forest  primeval;  but  under  the  si 
another  race,  with  other  customs  and  langua^ 
ly  along  .the  shore  of  the  mournful  and  misty  Atlantic 
inger  a  few  Acadian  peasants,  whose  fathers 
"  Vandered  back  to  their  native  land  to  die  in  its  bosom. 

n  the  fisherman's  cot  the  wheel  and  the  loom  are  still  busy ; 
Maidens  still  wear  their  Norman  caps  and  their  kirtles  of  hor 
flid/b^jthe  evening  fire  repeat  Evangeline's  story,' 

the  deep-voiced,  neighboring 

Speaks,  and  in  accents  disconsolate  answers  the  wail  of  the  forest. 

A         /  /   /     I  .1  .\.\. 


EVANGELINE 

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